Debarca municipality | |
Native Name: | Општина Дебарца |
Native Name Lang: | mk |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Debarca Municipality.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Belčišta |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Zoran Nogačeski (Independent)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 425.39 |
Population Total: | 3,719 |
Population Density Km2: | 12.95 |
Area Code: | 046 |
Website: | Official |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Debarca (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Debarca.ogg|Дебарца) is a municipality in the Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is located, the second of two international airports in the county.
The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the northeast, Demir Hisar Municipality to the east, Ohrid Municipality to the south, and Struga Municipality to the west.
The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin.
The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east.
The municipality consists of 30 villages.
According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 3,719 inhabitants.
2002 | 2021 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 5,507 | 100 | 3,719 | 100 |
Macedonians | 5,324 | 96.7 | 3,330 | 89.54 |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 316 | 8.5 |
Albanians | 153 | 2.8 | 59 | 1.59 |
Turks | / | / | 2 | 0.05 |
others | 30 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.32 |